Children's Fiction Self-esteem & Self-reliance
Ezzie's Emerald
- Publisher
- Second Story Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 1990
- Category
- Self-Esteem & Self-Reliance, Bullying
- Recommended Age
- 6 to 10
- Recommended Grade
- 1 to 5
- Recommended Reading age
- 6 to 8
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780929005133
- Publish Date
- Nov 1990
- List Price
- $5.95 USD
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9781926739205
- Publish Date
- Jan 1990
- List Price
- $4.95
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Description
Ezzie has good friends and a loving family. But sometimes schoolmates tease her, and no matter how much she tries to ignore their taunts, she loses her temper. However, she redeems herself with a selfless act of courage.
About the author
Kathleen McDonnell grew up in Chicago, but has lived in Canada for all of her adult life and graduated with a BA from the University of Toronto. She is the author of nine books of non-fiction and YA fiction. She's also written more than a dozen plays, many of which have had award-winning productions in Canada and the United States. As befits a passionate swimmer, McDonnell lives on Toronto Island; a unique, vibrant, mostly car-free community a ten-minute ferry ride from downtown Toronto where she and her life partner Alec raised their two daughters, Martha and Ivy.